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044
OCTOBER 2016 VIRGIN AUSTRALIA
WORK LIFE
WORDSDANFSTAPLETONPHOTOGRAPHYCHRISTOPERWISE,GABRIELMORÓN
considered leaving traditional
employment altogether.
Employers are also getting
on board. A 2015 survey by
Regus Australia found 68 per
cent of businesses felt the
need to ofer remote working
options to retain talent, while 79
per cent of senior management
said they were supportive of
remote working.
But the practicalities
of working while moving
around have, until now, proven
restrictive. “Hotels are too
anonymous and expensive,
rental platforms are hit and miss,
and friends will only hand over
their keys so ofen,” says Haid.
Enter Roam. The start-up
currently operates three co-
living homes (in Ubud, Miami and
Madrid) and charges US$500
a week for membership. Each
location feels like a cross
between a friend’s apartment
and an inner city co-working
space, with private bedrooms
and en suites, laundry facilities,
internationally compatible
electrical outlets, commercial-
grade shared kitchens and
recreational amenities such as
swimming pools and libraries.
New homes will open in
London and Buenos Aires this
year and Haid plans to set up
in another 20 locations by 2017.
To date, the clientele
has been mixed. “The only
common theme is that it’s
people who want to get stuf
done,” Haid says. “Their work
can be artistic, like writing a
book, or it’s people who run
their business remotely, or who
have accomplished careers but
feel it’s time to start working
on something diferent.
“It’s across all age groups
and it’s gender-balanced,” he
adds. “It’s defnitely not only the
late-20s single freelancer.”
Haid admits the global
co-living concept is still taking
shape. “The next step is to
provide the infrastructure for
professions where you normally
have to carry a ton of stuf
around — chefs or musicians,
for example,” he muses. “It’d be
great if the big-shot restaurant
operators like [Copenhagen’s]
Noma or [Chicago’s] Alinea
could move around more freely
and just pop-up a restaurant,
or if we could provide studios
so musicians could work from
really inspiring locations.”
Haid — a computer nerd
who was raised in a tiny Austrian
mountain village and has
since lived in London, Berlin
and San Francisco — remains
evangelical about co-living’s
potential. “Co-living is giving
individuals the life experiences
and opportunities which had
previously been restricted by
the realities of working life,”
he says. www.roam.co.
CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT
A visitor exploring the streets
of Ubud; nomads at work in the
communal space at Roam Ubud;
and making sushi; Roam Miami’s
tranquil verandah; the outdoor
space at the Roam Madrid
property. PREVIOUS PAGE
A look into the kitchen from the
courtyard at Roam Ubud.
“The only common theme is that it’s
people who want to get stuf done.”
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